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“Whether it’s wrap-around services, enrichment programs, or data insights, if we want to ensure the best outcomes for our students, it’s important that we use a range of approaches beyond excellent academic instruction. Student Insights is just another example of how the city and schools can work together and utilize...

The summer months can be tough on teens. When school is out and transportation is limited, it can be difficult finding work or just things to do. But this summer the Mayor’s Internship Program exposed Newton’s high school students to real- world work places. When the program began five years...

When I look at my daughter’s summer vacation, her experiences fit together like a brilliant patchwork quilt. She is enjoying several weeks of summer camp, interesting travel with family and friends, horseback riding at her favorite stable, and a week at the beach. Throughout these experiences, she is being stimulated...

What does it take to prepare all children to come to school ready to learn? To answer this question, we’ve been thinking about how radically children’s lives differ outside of school, and what it would take to provide individualized support and learning so they can all succeed.

“EAT, PLAY, LEARN is a one-stop-shop of engaging summer programming and access to healthy, nutritional summer meals,” said Mayor Jorge Elorza. “Making sure that our youth are spending their summers participating in outdoor, educational and thoughtful programming means that our students will continue to build upon the strides they make...

Schools alone cannot level the playing field for disadvantaged students, the founder of the Harvard Education Redesign Lab tells Jessica Powell. What we need, he says, is more ‘connective tissue’ between health, social care, and education.

Just over a year ago, Darius Aikens was homeless, couch-surfing from one friend’s place to the next, while trying to keep up with his junior-year classes at Oakland High. It wasn’t easy, but he knew if he kept his grades up and graduated, college was not only possible, but guaranteed...

In Louisville, it became clear that the path to successful careers starts long before 20-somethings have their first job interviews. In fact, we’re already taking the first steps toward our future careers around the same time we learn to walk. That’s why we created Cradle to Career in 2014. It’s...

Another system-wide improvement noted under the plan is the City Connects program, a Boston-based program that would connect students in all of Salem’s elementary and middle schools with resources to help with non-academic issues, such as housing, counseling and other issues. The program is slated to begin next year, with...